Metal Anarchy

During a recent interview with Rock Antenne, Nita Strauss (Alice Cooper, etc.) discussed her plans for a new solo album. The guitarist also revealed that she would like to collaborate with Slaughter To Prevail frontman Alex Terrible.

Strauss said the following when asked which artists she would like to work with:

“There are so many, honestly. I had a wish list for ‘The Call Of The Void’, which was my second album but the first that I had any vocals on. So, basically, I just crossed some off the list, but I still have a long list. So it’s exciting.

I’m writing the third record now — I’m writing it on days off on the tour, whenever I have the time — so I’m kind of writing with these people in mind, going, like, ‘Okay…’ Like, for example, I have one vocalist who actually I wrote a song for on ‘The Call Of The Void’, and then they weren’t able to actually record it because they had a conflict with their album coming out. So I was, like, ‘Perfect. I’ll get ’em on this one.’ And I started writing a song again sort of in that key with that style with this vocalist in mind. So just keep checking them off the list.”

She continued when asked about the possibility of a collaboration with Terrible:

“That is absolutely one of the names on my list. And we’re on the same label, which is easy-easy. Slaughter To Prevail is on Sumerian with me, so easy. That has already been a conversation.”

You know what people don’t realize? He actually can sing. Like, he can really sing. He’s got an unearthly growl and scream — everybody knows how incredible his metal voice is — but he can sing. Like, he can really sing. And what I did on my record was I took people to a slightly different place for them, like Alissa White-Gluz [Arch Enemy], who’s such a strong singer and people didn’t really know how good her clean voice was. What if I can do that for him? What if I can push him someplace slightly different? Or maybe we’ll just write something really heavy and see how that is.”

Strauss went on to say that she is “a big fan” of Terrible:

“He seems like a really nice guy. I love seeing his posts, like with the dogs, helping find homes for the dogs and stuff like that. I think it’s really, really great.”

She also added the following when asked if she has established release plans for the upcoming album:

“Not at the moment. My touring schedule is so crazy. I’ve literally been on the road since I finished recording ‘The Call Of The Void’ in 2021. I toured all through ’21, ’22, ’23, I’ve toured all through ’24. So I think I’ve got ’25 booked up until the summer. Alice Cooper, I think, is talking about doing something different next summer, so if that happens, then I will take the summer and probably get into the studio and do some proper recording. Or maybe I’ll see if I can do some this winter. It just depends on how crazy my schedule gets.”

[via Blabbermouth]